Managing long COVID syndrome /

This book will be useful to all frontline healthcare professionals to help diagnose, manage and direct patients to the available resources. General practitioners, physiotherapists, pain therapists, nurses, surgeons, physicians, junior doctors, psychologists, medical students and other clinicians wil...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vasu, Thanthullu (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Shrewsbury : TFM Publishing Ltd, 2022.
Temas:
COVID-19 (Disease)
Long-term care of the sick.
COVID-19
Long-Term Care
COVID-19.
Soins de longue durée.
Long-term care of the sick
Public Health
Medical
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • Abbreviations
  • Section I: Long COVID syndrome
  • Chapter 1: Coronavirus disease
  • Introduction
  • Aetiology
  • Variants of SARS-CoV-2
  • Delta variant
  • Omicron variant (PANGO lineage B.1.1.529)
  • Key Points
  • References
  • Chapter 2: What is long COVID syndrome?
  • Introduction
  • Presentation of long COVID syndrome
  • Health impact of long COVID syndrome
  • Definition of long COVID syndrome
  • Recognising and managing long COVID syndrome
  • Key Points
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Epidemiology of long COVID syndrome
  • Introduction
  • Prevalence in the United Kingdom
  • Prevalence after hospital discharge in the UK
  • Prevalence in other countries
  • Demographics
  • Predictors and risk factors
  • Key Points
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Aetiopathogenesis of long COVID syndrome
  • Introduction
  • Long-term immunological changes
  • Post-intensive care syndrome
  • Persistent inflammation
  • Vascular and autonomic nervous systems
  • Pulmonary fibrosis
  • Organ damage
  • Psychosocial factors
  • Dysregulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
  • Energy substrate depletion
  • Cellular changes
  • Key Points
  • Lessons learnt from past experience: SARS outbreak
  • Critical care neuropathy
  • Critical care myopathy
  • Prone positioning in intensive care to improve oxygenation
  • Chronic pain after COVID-19-related intensive care admission
  • Key Points
  • References
  • Chapter 7: Risk factors for developing long COVID syndrome
  • Introduction
  • Type and number of symptoms in early infection
  • Illness severity during acute infection
  • Age
  • Gender
  • Socioeconomic status
  • High body mass index
  • Other systemic illnesses associated with long COVID syndrome
  • Prediction models of long COVID syndrome
  • Long COVID syndrome and symptom relapse
  • Key Points
  • References
  • Chapter 8: Effects of long COVID syndrome on economy and society
  • Introduction
  • 'Long economic COVID'
  • Costs due to mental health impairment
  • Costs due to disruption of children's education
  • Costs on vital social issues
  • Costs due to job losses
  • Burden of long COVID syndrome
  • Delayed care and associated costs
  • Impact of abnormal sense of smell in long COVID syndrome
  • Costs due to COVID-induced disability
  • Challenges in estimating costs
  • Tackling long COVID syndrome in the UK's National Health Service

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